St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-02-10
PRESCRIPTION in VERMONT.
The Work Boss Smith Demands.

! Ihe "Ork BOSS Sn1Ath DcLhahuss
A Ludlow correspondent of tn,
Springfield Republican INDUCES il
"reminiscences of the late senatorial con
test and some of the results that have
followed. He starts off with the an
nOuncement that the grand high exc
cutiOner, j. Gregory Smith, has draw
his snickersnee. Two station agents
on the Rutland division of the Contra
Vermont railroad have been removed
for refusing to work in opposition t.
the election of Senator Edmunds. Mr.
PiersOn, who was agent at Cuttings
vile, near Rutland, was asked to dis
tribute the Rutland Telegram which
was filled with the attacks on Ed
munds, and sent out in large numbers
at the expense, as people general.
think, of either ex-Gov. Smith o
James G.. Blaine. PiersOn wrote Mar
shall, the business manager of the pa
per, sharp letter, which Marshal
fastened to show to the railroad au
thorties, and in a short time he was
removed
A more fragrant case is found in the
removal of Aaron w. Cook from the
Mt. Holly station, between Cuttings
vile and Ludlow. Cook had been il
actual charge of the Office some B;
years and had been agent more thar
25 years. He is still in the prime o.
life, being only AZ, and is not only one
of the most popular and Obliging
agents along the line, but is prOmi-
nent and influential citizen. UnfOrtu-
| talxy fDr him, II ha
active Edmunds man. E. A. Chitten-
road, for local traffic, visited Mt. HOl-
ly and saw Agent Cook. This was
known in neighbO ing towns at the
time and Cook was asked about it, but
he prudently, maintained silence, though
he went to the convention and voted
for the Edmunds resolution and against
Capt. Sheldon, the anti-Edmunds can
didate for senator. From that time he
was marked man, and having heard
of his removal few days ago the Re-
publican correspondent interviewed
him.
At first he was inclined to reticence,
but when assured that it was common
talk that his removal in some way dat
ed back to Chittenden's visit, and that
his tOwnsmen, the HOskinsOns, had
boosted that it would occur, he was
induced to relate what TRANSFERRED on
that occasion. In answer to ques-
tions he gave the following highly in
teresting account of The conversation,
refreshing his memory from notes
which he said he made Immediately af-
ter Chittenden left him.
ais it true, Mr.. Cook, that Chitten-
den came to see you on political er-
rand ?"
at is true that he came to see me,
and that he talked politics"
"What did he say"
"Well, he said that his senatorial
canvass now then going on would
show who were friendly to Gov. Smith
and who were unfriendly. L asked
him if Gov. Smith was a candidates.
He replied Il do not know that he is,
or whether or not he will be, but it is
evident that he is the man they are
afraid of and it amounts to the same
thing, does it nOtP | replied that L
did not think it followed that because
IA man was in favor of Mr.. Edmunds's
reelection he was necessarily an enc
my of Gov. Smith,"
ale said that is the way we shall
consider it,"
"Was there any further converse
ton 2"
"Well, yes, little. He asked who
the Mt. Holly delegates were to the
county convention. l replied 'My
self, F. Parmenter and w. Horton He
asked: Are. they all for Edmunds 2
| replied 1t is so UNDERSTOOD and
told him that we were going to pre-
sent Mr.. Chase of our town for senator.
He asked: is he for Edmunds 2 re-
pli led that 'it was so understood He
asked who is going to represent the
town this fall 2 L replied that l did
not know but thought it altogether
probable the representative would be
an Edmunds man."
Mr.. Cook continued to consult his
memoranda and the correspondent in
quired if there was any more CONVEX
satiOn.
eyes, there was MORE" said he. "Mr.
Chittenden said: Il have been inform
ed that you ran the caucus in the in
terest of Edmunds and nominated ev-
cry man but YOURSELF | replied That
is false. l nominated only one man
and him to go to the state convention.
can guess who your informer is, as
| have some enemies over the other
side of the hill, and it has come to me
from them that | would lose my posi-
ton if | supported Senator Edmunds.'
By that time | began to feel imposed
upon and | said: Now, Mr.. Chitten-
den, | fully understand you. The rail
road company pays me $50 month
for doing their legitimate work here.
1t is not enough. L don't consider my
self under any obligations to do any
political work for them, and whatever
they paid me should not sacrifice V
principles for any consideration"
"What did Mr.. Chittenden say to
that Z"
so, he replied that there were no
principles about it. | said | thought
there were, though he might call it
else"
"Was that all 2"
''The talk was then cut off by the
arrival of the train on which he was to
depart. AS we parted, he said: 'YOu
our position in regard to
the matter and l suppose now that |
do"
The method adopted for removing
Cook (whOse office, cash accounts, ETC.,
were found in the best cOndition), was
a notice served on him by General Su-
perintendent FOss of ST. Adams an
that sit is thought best that
there should be change in the man